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Re:OpenTF Announces Fork of Terraform by klooney on Friday August 25, 2023 @03:33PM (#37266106)
I have a dumb BUSL question- if you don't compete with Terraform, but you do with something else, like Boundary, can you still use TF? If Hashi releases a new product that competes with you do you have to stop/license TF?
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Re:OpenTF Announces Fork of Terraform by jxjfkff on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:35PM (#37269434)
Who knows? No answer given today is future proof.

Best advice I can give is not to use Hashicorp products as the basis of any offering ever. Simply don't even consider them.

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Re:OpenTF Announces Fork of Terraform by bornfreddy on Saturday August 26, 2023 @01:42AM (#37270217)
IANAL, but I would say yes, and yes.

https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#usage-limitations

> 11. What are the usage limitations for HashiCorp’s products under BSL? > All non-production uses are permitted. All production uses are allowed other than hosting or embedding the software in an offering competitive with HashiCorp commercial products, hosted or self-managed.

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Re:OpenTF Announces Fork of Terraform by softveda on Saturday August 26, 2023 @07:46PM (#37277954)
No. Read FAQ #26 and 27 https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#usage-limitations
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